A.T. v. State

On Motion for Clarification

We grant appellant’s motion for clarification and substitute this opinion to correct scrivener’s errors in our opinion issued April 23, 2008.

Appellant A.T., a sixteen-year-old child, appeals the disposition order committing her to the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice for placement in a level eight high risk residential program.

A.T. argues that the “characteristics visa-vis the needs” test is the most workable test for trial courts to use in deciding whether to depart from the Department’s Predisposition Report recommendation. In E.A.R. v. State, 975 So.2d…